The grass was greener, but the sky sure looks a lot bluish now!!!!

Ola!!! Hi !!!! Howdy!!!! Namaste!!!!  Namaskara!!!!!
 WTH, here's a mighty big hello to everyone...

Its been like ages since I last blogged. I guess its coz of the hefty coursework of post graduation!!!! But a bit of it is  my fault too.. I am sorry to say that somewhere along the line, I lost myself, and lost touch with my dreams and thoughts. But after like a lot of soul searching, I'm back!!!!! It's taken some time, but good old me is back and kinda raring to go...

Well, Post Grad is one hell of an experience. I am loving it!!!!!!. Its come to the point where I am studying exactly what I wanted to study and its awesome!!!!! IIMB is the place to be. Only after you become a part of it do you understand why there's so much hullabaloo about this place and why they have kept such gigantic entrance criteria...

I am learning a lot actually. Not just class room stuff, but also a lot about the world. My mind has expanded in its ways of questioning the world, and I have become a whole new me, a lot quieter on the outside, but even more enthusiastic than before on the inside.

I have learnt two things in particular after coming here,
One: If you want something badly, then do your best to go and get it. Procrastination will not get you anywhere. Passion is all that a man has in this world and it should be chased like a last bottle of water in the middle of a desert.
Two: Its very very easy to lose touch with yourself. Its easy to become a part of the system and forget yourself. But true joy dawns on you only when you begin to chase your dreams and are at peace with yourself. Its always the best to go for what you want rather than what the world thinks of as success!!!!

I am slowly watching how my priorities will fight out with themselves. Its quiet fascinating. You will eventually come to realize that something you wanted badly before doesnt even make you blink now. As a person grows, I guess what seemed like mountains turn to ant-hills and eventually make us loose interest in them. You find bigger mountains you want to scale and the cycle continues.


 I'd like to end this post by qouting the evergreen lines by Pink Floyd


' Encumbered forever by desire and ambition, there's a hunger still unsatisfied...."

The Storm

 He felt the wind whip into him as he reached the edge of the cliff. The climb was long and tiring, but he had reached the top at last. He stared straight towards the horizon, searching for traces of sun which were fast disappearing. The view was like a painting, as the world turned into a palette of fading colours. The sky became a mix of orange and purple as the bright red ball took a dip into the darkening ocean. The birds raced past as the clouds started looming closer to the ground. Taking a deep breath, he felt the spray of the sea accompany the cold air into his lungs. Down below, the waves were playing a morbid symphony as they kept crashing into the face of the cliff.  He stared straight on, searching answers to questions he hadn't yet found. The wind whipped on, turning into a gale, as the clouds loomed closer than ever, lightning admist their empty dark bellies. With a crash of thunder , the rain broke out. He could feel his skin shiver as the cold piercing drops landed on him, each drop colder than the latter. The harsh wind blew all around him as he looked straight on, unflinching in his thoughts... Darkness descended, and soon, everything was calm...

NOSTALGIA

Its the end of another phase for me, as i'm almost about to finish my engineering degree and move onto the next chapter in my life..
But as usual, just like every other end, there's that irrepressible feeling of nostalgia that just cant be quashed. A million memories come flooding in, accompanied by wishes and what-ifs. Of things that were, and things that could have been. And things that just didn't happen. And then there were those which just happened!!!!

Looking back, things are always different. If there's one thing that time does, apart from moving the clock, it makes us wiser by the second. It keeps changing our perspectives, needs and desires. What might once have been the one thing you wanted the most, seems to be pretty silly later down the line. And what looked like a mountain before, just dissolves into nothingness. Time , I tell you, is one heck of a catalyst...

All in all, I'm gonna miss my engineering days. I'm gonna miss the day dreaming, the endless laziness, the lighthearted chit chat and that unbelievable feeling of peace. I am sure I'l still have all these things with me later on, but it just wont be the same...

I'm gonna miss playing pranks, I'm gonna miss going trips and sometimes quadruples on my karizma, I'm gonna miss those frequent trips for ice cream and food with friends. And what I;m gonna miss are my spur of the moment trips which have always remained in my memories. No knowing if I'l get the same kind of leisure later on..

I've learnt a lot in engineering though, of course I'm talking about out of class stuff ;) . So many experiences and so many lessons.. It just wont be the same anymore.

But eventually, everyone will learn to move on. People steel their hearts, suppress their desires and wishes and move forward. But the funniest thing is that despite moving away, everyone will definitely have left a bit of themselves within everyone they meet. And that's whats gonna remain within everyone for ever.

I suck at saying goodbyes and pretty much hate it too. But one way or the other, its ADIOS to engineering after one month, and on with the next stage of my life, IIMB...

I have my fingers crossed guys, despite moving apart, I'm pretty sure all of our paths will coincide again. 

See you somewhere on the shores of time. 

Till then,

Its a late goodbye....

salvation !

lights flash by
and noises roar...
the sky becons
as you yearn for more!!!

the wind blows around,
round and round...
you are lifted of your feet,
as you wonder aloud...

of glistening thoughts,
conflicting sounds...
ideas that fight,
the ones that are hollow...

the world goes by,
its a murky road...
fog descends,
making silence even more profound...

the world abandons,
things are haywire...
as thoughts clash,
dreams they inspire...

dreams fade,
they die a lonely death..
yet new are born,
who are yet to see the wreath...

its a whirlwind of sand,
as none can take a stand..
the windchimes sing rock n roll!!!
as they hear thier endings toll!!

spinning round, round and round,
in a world that has no sound....
light beckons, it calls aloud,
illumination, the joy profound!!!!!

unfinished!!....

The rain pattered down in a murky haze....
puddles of water, rivulets forming a maze.....
The watery curtain, unrelenting and unshakable,
was torn apart as angry vehicles made their way....

People ran , looking for cover,
the wind smelled of mud, grass and  flower...
The whole world was blurred, dizzy and mired!
Looking out of the window,
trying to see what in the world had transpired!

The misty windows stood, white and quiet,
when chaos reigned on the other side....
Confusingly warm it was, inside the 4 walls,
hiding the chill and the frozen catcalls!

Time stood still as each drop made its way,
every trickle making patterns on the window pane....
The wind blew life into the world,
breathing freshness into everyone!

Endless life...

Far beyond the mountains ,

In a reality far away,

Hidden behind the mist of greed,

There lay the plain of life.....

Green and wide the plains stretched out….

With silvery clouds looking down the lonely path,

The wind blew mighty and violent….

The grass bent as waves of air flatter them,

Peace is omnipresent yet lost forever…..

Shadow falls,

Day turns to night…

The moon sneaks out ,

Silent and quiet….

The wind blows again,

Lashing at the grass….

The grass bows down,

Swallowing the fury it hath….

Night turns to day ,

Life goes on….

The mountains grow,

They grow tall….

The grass stretches on,

For miles and miles without a frown….

Only the wind batters down,

On and on …

On and on….

Blink and Gone!

 The open skies.. The empty seas... The grassy plains.. The misty mountains....

 The world is beautiful. Each time you turn around a corner, you see a scenario never seen before! Thats what makes the world interesting, unpredictability.

 Einstein once famously declared ' GOD DOES NOT PLAY DICE WITH THE UNIVERSE!'. He was probably referring to  the idea that everything in the world has an explanation and that nothing is out of the normal. And he's right! Things do make sense. If something is confusing, eventually it will be explained with the passage of time.

 But one slight flaw with our existence in this universe, is that we live for only a short period of time. If you look at it relatively, in terms of the universe, we probably dont even exist for even a pico second! To put it short, We dont have much time. Our existence is only momentary. We are like a frothy bubble on a wave which will eventually disappear.

 We donot even have the time to look around our own planet , let alone the universe. But I wish there was some way we could break free of our earthly shackles and go on a tour of the universe. It would be awesome! Imagine going around from one galaxy to the other, maybe meeting a couple of extra terrestrials on the way! Or maybe go to the center of the universe and check out if there actually is a humoungous blackhole there! Or maybe a blackhole is actually a drain/portal to some other plane/realm or dimension! What if there were millions of alternate universes?! How would we be in them?

 Haven't you ever wondered whats the reason of your existence? Are we here for a reason? Because , as Einstein says, nothing is left to chance. So whats the reason for us being here? Or are we just a flickering by-product of a cosmic reaction?

 You see, we can never answer these questions because of one simple reason: We dont have much time!. We never saw the beginning of the universe. We will probably never see the end of it either! To put a long story short, we have no data to decide, simply because we dont have enough time to collect the data itself.

 But despite the short time-frame we have, the world is beautiful - we are constantly surrounded by wonders and surprises. We are never bored!

 I would certainly love to hear the story of the universe. To go across the universe , investigate its length and breadth! ( Universe might even be a sphere for all we know!). But who is there to recite the tale??


 I wish I had Green Lantern's ring!!!! (sigh!)